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My name is Cindy Mayfield, and my husband George and I live in Battle Ground, Washington, about a half hour north of Portland. Over the years I have always been extremely active in dogs. While still in high school, I put a championship and obedience Utility degree on a homebred Pug! After we were married in 1973, we bred and showed Smooth Fox Terriers to numerous AKC group and specialty placements, and my first Smooth was the #2 Bitch in the US at the time. We have been involved with Aussies since 1985 when we got our first ASCA Aussie, Skipper.  We got him after we had children because the terriers were a handful, and the kids always wanted to let the wrong dogs out of their crates at the same time!  When my 3 children were 4-H age, they showed Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, and won every competition hands down! They were often High in Trial in obedience at AKC, 4-H, and Specialty competitions. I truly adore the Cavaliers, but their heart problems caused mine to break far too often. My oldest daughter started what became a family tradition while in high school, raising Guide Dog for the Blind puppies. My youngest daughter and her husband now live with guide dog #6, a yellow lab named Fresno and my “other boyfriend”, grandson Foster. George has his beloved black-tri ASCA Aussie, Cookie, that he trained in agility but her job now is to be his shadow and share his recliner. For me, the smaller minis are much easier to groom, crate, transport, share the sofa with, etc! All of our dogs are house pets, and 2 share our bedroom every night. Our dogs have OFA good or excellent hips and have current CERF eye certificates. When we have puppies, they are born in our bedroom and spend a few days there before being moved to the living room. We live on 2 1/2 wooded acres with a huge open pasture that the dogs love to romp in.  Please feel free to contact me anytime about my dogs- I love talking about "my 4-legged kids" !
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